world war
noun
a war that involves most of the principal nations of the world.
world wars
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pluralof world war.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After two and a half centuries of triumphs and tragedies, slavery and freedom, civil war and world wars, multiple surveys indicate a nation divided about where it is and where it's going.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
The film follows an English family between the world wars and emphasizes the dull shabbiness of the setting’s middle-class life, the house and costumes coming in every shade of brown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
In contrast, the S&P 500 isn’t quite 70 years old yet, as it was launched in 1957, so investors can only estimate how it would have performed during the world wars and the Great Depression.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Houdry was a hero of both world wars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Are we going to travel back in time and prevent genocide, world wars, the atomic bomb?
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
